I've got some strong self-destruction urges going on in this episode. My old behavioral patterns of self-harm and dissociated sex are screaming for attention and emotion mind is angling for the steering wheel. What's a human to do? I dig out some wise mind and practice some visualization exercises. And I also practice the fuck out of nonjudgement cause I am determined not to go into a shame spiral.

Helpful resources from this episode:

DBT references:

DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets – online pdf version;

DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets – buy the manual from a Black-owned book store!

DBT handouts used in this episode:

Mindfulness Handout 3 - Wise Mind: States of Mind (alternate version of venn diagram);

Mindfulness Handout 3A – Ideas for Practicing Wise Mind;

Mindfulness Handout 5 – Taking Hold of Your Mind: “How” Skills:

• Nonjudgementally;

Distress Tolerance Handout 11 – Radical Acceptance;

Distress Tolerance Handout 15 - Mindfulness of Current Thoughts;

Emotion Regulation Handout 6 - Ways to Describe Emotions:

• Shame;

Other resources used in this episode:

Psychology Today Article: Understanding Self-Destructive (Dysregulated) Behaviors;

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